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tonhuitzoa.

Headword: 
tonhuitzoa.
Principal English Translation: 

to rise, to lift oneself up; or, to bring to a boil, until the pot bubbles (see Molina)

Orthographic Variants: 
tonuitzoa
Alonso de Molina: 

tonuitzoa. nino. (pret. oninotonuitzo.) lo mesmo es que tompitzquetza o heruir la olla a borbollones.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 149v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Food, Eating, Cooking
See also: 
tohuitzoa.
cuatohuitztic.
tompitzquetza.